Lake Effect

Airs Weekdays at 10 am and 10 pm & Weekends at 3 pm

Lake Effect, WUWM’s locally-produced magazine program, covers a lot of ground, focusing on your neighbors and your issues. From discussing politics and the economy to spotlighting Wisconsin authors and musicians, Lake Effect goes beyond the headlines. Join the Lake Effect team as they open a window onto life in Milwaukee and southeastern Wisconsin.

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We’ll get analysis of how county conservation and other agricultural programs stand to fare in the state budget. Later, writer Temple Grandin – one of the most accomplished people on the autism spectrum today – shares what she believes is a current revolution in how we study and work with autism. We’ll learn about new technology that improves MRI results in people with artificial joint replacements. And Milwaukee writer Barry Wightman’s new novel is set at a key juncture in computer and rock-and-roll history.

A recent book features some of the stories you didn’t hear from the fight over collective bargaining in Wisconsin; Later, a modern yoga practice is not for the faint of heart; and celebrated cook and author Nigella Lawson on the joys of Italian food.

The International Joint Commission challenges the U.S. and Canada to step up efforts to protect the Great Lakes. Plus, we get an update on the war against the Emerald ash borer. We’ll preview the new album featuring Wisconsin’s Jeffrey Foucault, and a Whitewater family goes back to the 19th century at Old World Wisconsin this weekend.

A Milwaukee researcher teams up with a national organization to look into the genetic roots of obesity. Later, Milwaukee Magazine’s Ann Christenson talks about the magazine’s effort to produce the definitive food-lover’s guide to the city - from cheese to jerky to Indian spices. We’ll talk with the departing artistic director of the Skylight Music Theatre about their upcoming production of Porgy and Bess; and a magazine launching this weekend in Milwaukee has a delicious goal in mind.

We’ll look at the issues facing National Forests with the woman in charge of the Forest Service’s Eastern Region; Also, a day after actress Angelina Jolie’s big medical announcement, we’ll examine the philosophical and ethical dilemmas of the human genome. Plus, a historian is challenged to tell the story of the Civil War in 50 objects; and Milwaukee author Jenny Benjamin’s new novel, This Most Amazing, spans thousands of miles and hundreds of years.

Our foreign policy contributor checks in in Benghazi, Syria, the elections in Pakistan, and the ongoing situation in North Korea. Then, a major conference this month in Milwaukee focuses on restorative practices in use in various parts of the community – from the criminal justice system to the schools. And writer Jess Walter talks about the big-hearted but flawed characters that populate his fiction.

Columnists and NPR political analysts David Brooks and EJ Dionne talk about Wisconsin’s role as a political laboratory and how they’re able to disagree politically but get along as friends, anyway. Then, writer Michael Pollan says the food revolution has to extend beyond the grocery store to the kitchen. And Jerry Pohlen spotlights some of Wisconsin’s most unusual tourist attractions.

An effort is underway to make childhood wellness screening standard – for all families, no matter their means or where they live. We’ll learn about Project LAUNCH. Later, Melinda Myers helps us get our lawns through a cool, wet Spring… And thoughts on what kind of flowers should you get for mom this weekend. Plus, roller derby plots its future in Milwaukee while enjoy some current smashing successes. And an essayist shares the story of the best prom she never had.

How can math have an impact on slowing the spread of disease? We’ll find out about practical implications for the math you may have avoided in school. Then we get some insight into the history of eastern forests and the political battles that created them. Later, musician and former Lake Effecter Paul Sschwarzkopf returns to the bungalow with stories about his new band.

The Kewaunee nuclear plant has stopped producing power – now what happens? Then, five-time Olympic swimmer Dara Torres talks about competing well into her 40s, and about the first time she realized she was turning into a role model. Plus, Wisconsin Foodie Kyle Cherek discusses Milwaukee’s surprising new restaurant boom, and a Sheboygan woman talks about how she became an entrepreneur.

The battle over Wisconsin’s mining future continues, as a hard truth emerges from trying to make sense of the situation up north. Later, Boswell Book Company’s Daniel Goldin talks about his relationship with books. Then, writer Paul McComas and lifelong pal Greg Starrett team up to pay tribute to the Frankenstein films of the forties in a new novella. And Andrea Lochen’s heroine relives a year, and tries to figure out what to change.

We learn about a new way of thinking about post conflict operations, spearheaded by the Defense Department. Later, filmmaker Marian Marzynski tells the story of his childhood in wartime Poland. Then, we’ll learn about another European filmmaker who pioneered a now-familiar part of movies. And we offer some reading suggestions from a book club with a specific taste.

MPS students again have some of the lowest math and reading scores in the nation - news analyst Bruce Murphy weighs in on that, plus teacher union recertifications. Then informed consent in medicine and the vast gray area when it comes to scientists using a patient's blood samples in research. A Milwaukee author sets her debut novel in an import shop, and an interactive children's application for the iPad that's a marriage of literature and technology.